Creepy: Google Bypasses Apple Browser’s Privacy Settings

Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers—tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.

The companies used special computer code that tricks Apple’s Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users. Safari, the most widely used browser on mobile devices, is designed to block such tracking by default.

Google disabled its code after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal.

After reading the comments in the article, many of whom mentioned the Startpage browser, I went to Startpage and did a search on Safari; this on privacy features with Safari.

Privacy Pane

Some websites you visit can leave data on your computer which can be used to track where you go on the web. The new Privacy pane in Safari preferences shows what kind of data websites are storing and lets you remove it. You can also customize cookie settings and choose whether websites can request your location information.

Sandboxing

Sandboxing is a security feature that helps prevent malicious websites from tampering with your computer. All the web content and applications you use in Safari on Lion are sandboxed, so websites can’t use exploits to access your system. If a website contains malicious code intended to capture personal data or take control of your computer, sandboxing automatically blocks it to keep your computer and your information safe.

Hitler had son with French teen

Adolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, according to new evidence.

I smell a Hallmark Movie here.

I wonder if the family immigrated to Kenya?